different between tonus vs tetany

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tonus (“a sound, tone”). See tone.

Noun

tonus (countable and uncountable, plural tonuses)

1. (biology) tonicity; tone

   muscular tonus

   • 1956, Personal character and cultural milieu: a collection of readings

     Dr. H. S. Sullivan, for example, is known to many for his acute understanding of the postural tonuses of his patients.

Anagrams

• Notus, Tuson, noust, nouts, nutso, snout

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tonus. Doublet of ton, an earlier borrowing.

Noun

tonus m (plural tonus)

1. muscle tone, tonicity, tonus
2. (by extension) energy, strength

Related terms

• tonicité
• tonifier

Further reading

• “tonus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (tónos, “tone”), from Proto-Hellenic *tónos, from Proto-Indo-European *tón-os, from *ten- (“stretch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?to.nus/, [?t??n?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?to.nus/, [?t???nus]

Noun

tonus m (genitive ton?); second declension

1. The stretching or straining of a rope.
2. (by extension) A strain; tension.
3. (figuratively) The pitch, sound or tone of something.
4. (figuratively) A crack of thunder.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

See also

• ton?

Descendants

References

• tonus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tonus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• tonus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Etymology

From French tonus.

Noun

tonus n (plural tonusuri)

1. muscle tone
2. tonus

Declension

English

Etymology

From French tétanie.

Noun

tetany (countable and uncountable, plural tetanies)

1. (medicine) A condition characterized by painful muscular spasms, caused by faulty calcium metabolism

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